Residenza D Epoca Pietra Di Ponente Ciampino

... wolf story. It was the largest city on earth at about 1,000,000 residents during the Imperial period, then vacated to 20,000 during the Middle Ages, back to about 3 million today. It has had so many rich historical periods that the museums are specialized – Prehistoric, Etruscan, Egyptian, Early Medieval, High Medieval, Papal Gifts, Construction discoveries, Municipal Gifts, Imperial Rome, Jewish, Public Baths, Renaissance ...

... don't.

My departure from Carlo's hospitality was reluctant. Again I am at a loss for words to thank him for everything he's done for me. His generosity will not be forgotten.

The trip into Rome was relatively stress free. I had to catch one connection in Genoa; shockingly both trains were on time, and I arrived in Rome by 6pm. Despite Carlo's recommendation that I make a reservation at a hostel, I didn't. It's December I figured, how busy can the ...

... was a little eerie though. You could feel the repression and got the sense that the monks were there mainly just to take care of the stuff for the tourist to see. It's the total opposite in Korean temples. We came back and talked to the hostel manager for awhile about Tibet and the plans for the next day. It's really expensive but in order to get to Tibet you must go with a tour group. It's really lame, but that's ...

... that little place that makes everything by hand using only local products. Almost all the gelato was factory made and whilst it was ok it wasn't quite "it". So having some time to burn we passed the airport turnoff in Rome and continued on to the coastal town of Ostia, battled through commuter traffic till we hit the sea. In 5 days we'd forgotton what traffic was, though here, in this town a few kilometers from Rome, we were reminded why Rome is so famous (infamous) for its ...

... VATICAN! - even Spain, but inbetween is a bit of a guessing game. We've been doing some Google Maps searching, reading guide books, and looking ...

... car Cime Blanche cable car and then stopped at the state of the art Stockner Steg dining facility. What a fabulous place to eat- many choices of soups, meals, wines, beer ...

Greetings! Well - it is starting to hit us that we will soon be leaving Rome....we are looking forward to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast - but we will really miss it here. They say that you can see Rome in a few days - but I would have to disagree - we have been pretty busy everyday and are always seeing new things and we will leave with a few things left on our list for the next time - perhaps a church or two - a fountain and a few columns ...

(Rock-It Coffeeshop, Amsterdam, September 28, 2006)-It was with sad hearts to be leaving this lovely patch of Tuscany that Mark and Giorno and I climbed into Monica's little SUV and headed south to Roma to spend the next two days. Giorno's reading was Monday night at a chain bookstore, very well attended, very long introduction (but when I laughed about the length of the intro, Ritsema said "It just shows you how seriously they take this stuff"). The big kick was ...

... was still a good time. There was a guy selling roses, and he handed me three and told me to stand in front of the fountain while Rick and Mike take my pictures. Then when we were done, he asked them for money...tourist trap!! I gave him back the roses, and we headed out. Before we headed out though, we each threw coins in the fountain for good luck. We finished touring around just in time, because it started to rain. The hostel offered a discount at a local ...

... of the 1st and 2nd centuries BC lived. There were bath houses with hollow walls and floors to allow the heating of rooms by forced hot air and bathing pools of hot and cold water. There were road side stands where vendors sold hot and cold food out of marble counters. Houses had plumbing of a fashion and beautiful artwork on all of the walls and mosaics on the floors. There were two outdoor theaters in the style of the arenas and a large gymnasium where soldiers, gladiators and ...